Laconian
noun
a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.
Laconians
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pluralof Laconian.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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All is for the best; and now, Laconians, take your wives away home with you, and you, Athenians, yours.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
Hail to you, first of all, Laconians; then tell us how you fare.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
It was long before the Laconians grew quiet enough to listen to the call of the herald.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
But as time wore on, information reached him of the departure of Anaxibius to Antandrus, accompanied by his mercenaries and his own bodyguard of Laconians and two hundred Abydenian hoplites.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
Listen to your long speeches, after you have treated with the Laconians!
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
